November 2009 Entries
The November 2009 issue of TechNet Magazine is out on the website. Check out my IT Toolbox column here:
November 2009 TechNet Magazine IT Toolbox
In this issue I covered:
BeyondCompare 3: Compare, Merge And Synchronize Files And Folders
WhatIsMyIp.com: Get IP Details; Test Connection Speed
ADRecycleBin: Find and Restore Deleted AD Objects
Check it out and let me know what you think!
And if you have a tool you want to see me review, please suggest it to me here: tntools@microsoft.com.
Also, as some of you know, this was the last print issue of TechNet...
If you want to snag clipboard data from a different application into the context of your running .Net application, here's how you can do it:
private static Image _clipBoardImage = null;
private static Image GetImageFromCopyPasteBuffer()
{
Thread t = new Thread(new ThreadStart(GetClipboardBitmap));
t.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
t.Start();
t.Join();
return _clipBoardImage;
}
private static void GetClipboardBitmap()
{
IDataObject data = Clipboard.GetDataObject();
if (data == null || !data.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.Bitmap, true))
throw new ApplicationException("No clipboard image data was present.");
_clipBoardImage = (Image)data.GetData(DataFormats.Bitmap);
}
Hope this helps!